It is a nice picture, but I don’t think necessarily worthy of most shared picture in history.....I have seen better pictures of them...yep even them. They suck politically but if they have a nice picture I will say so.

And, have you ever wondered: Does that Grandma who is there, living "rent free" and does she get paid a salary for babysitting the Obama daughters? I am sure they have finagled some way to make her grandmother role an official, salaried one...like "professional nanny" or something. And, I just bet our tax dollars are being used for that, too.

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posted on 12/26/2012 2:01:19 PM PST
by CitizenM
(Obama - The architect of the decline of the U.S.)

It's a pretty good picture. I wonder how many shots the photographer took to get that one perfect. I do know that if they had taken that good a picture of George W. Bush and Laura Bush, they would have kept shooting until they got something awkward and unflattering:

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posted on 12/26/2012 2:35:26 PM PST
by Pollster1
(Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. - Ronald Reagan)

Some pics are better than others. The official White House photographer’s pics of the Obamas are almost as good as the ones the press chooses to use. The official pics of Laura Bush (whom I also love) are dramatically better than those the press selects. The selection bias is as striking as the rest of the press bias.

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posted on 12/26/2012 3:23:21 PM PST
by Pollster1
(Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. - Ronald Reagan)

That’s it in a nutshell. Narcissists ALWAYS must one up anyone else’s story. Hubby and I were in a band one time with a lead guitarist who was like this. Thought he was Gods Gift To Women, and no matter WHAT story you told, he had ALWAYS done the same thing, only better. I remember after one gig, he decided to go home with a gal in the audience who was NOT his wife, and expected me to keep quiet about it. I told him in NO UNCERTAIN terms that if I was asked, I wouldn’t lie for him. Talk about fuming (him, not me). After all these years, I wish I’d told her anyways, but she eventually figured him out on her own. As soon as I come across people like this, I steer clear.

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